1622
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Pasquariello Truonno and Meo Squaquara is a 1622 ink by French 17th Century, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two giant, winged figures stomping through a village. One wears a crown of feathers, the other a loose robe. Tiny people scatter around them, running or hiding. The background has a few buildings, a church steeple, and a bonfire. The names at the bottom—*Pasquariello Truonno* and *Meo Squaquara*—sound like mythical storm giants. Their oversized feet crush the ground, but their faces stay calm. Next, check out technique: etching to see how artists like this carved lines into metal plates.
Seventeenth-century French printmakers turned ink into story. Their tools were burin and acid, paper their stage. Look at the Beggar Woman with Rosary (1622), etched on laid paper, her hands folded around faith, or The…
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